Your
Daily Reprieve for Monday April 6, 2020
From Waynesville, NC
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My
life has shown me that.
More
than once I have undergone an experience
that
I thought, at the time,
was
the worst thing that could ever happen to me…
only
to realize, after the passage of time,
that
it was one of the best things that ever happened to me;
that
if it had not happened,
the
good things that were happening to me now
could
not be happening!
~Patti
L.
"The greatest
happiness of life
is the conviction that we
are loved -
loved for ourselves, or rather,
loved in spite of
ourselves."
--Victor Hugo
Do not pray for easy lives.
Pray to be stronger men and women.
Do not pray for tasks equal
to your powers.
Pray for powers equal to
your tasks.
Then the doing of your work
shall be no miracle,
but you shall be the
miracle.
~Phillips Brooks
“We’re all fledglings, learning to
fly.”
~Grapevine: Los Angeles,
California, February 1992
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Big Book Quote
"A body badly
burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking
and depression vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a spiritual mode
of living is a most powerful health restorative."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, Page 133~ |
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4/6 Eugene R. (Barcelona, Spain)…..6
4/6 Nick E. (East Twickenham, UK)…..21
4/7 Mark V. (Indian Trail
NC)…..5
4/7 Thorson R. (Wellington,
FL)…..3
4/7 Madeleine M. (Groveland,
MA)......37
4/7 Corry P. (New York)…..2
4/7 Walt C. (College Station,
TX)…..6
4/7 Jane T. (Vancouver, BC)…..34
4/8 Paul K. (Akron, OH)…..16
4/8 Maureen K. (New
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4/9 Travis C. (Eureka, CA)…..1
4/9 Dayton H. (NYC, NY)…..30
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4/11 Diane L. (Panama City
Beach, FL)…..42
4/11 Diane M. (Waynesville, NC/Jax,
FL)…..12
4/11 Jeremy S. (Austin,
TX)…..8
4/11 Emily W. (Astoria,
NY)…..6
4/11 Jerry W. (Walker,
LA)…..47
4/11 Chrissy M. (Succasunna,
NJ)…..11
4/12 Kathy McQ. ()…..12
4/12 Lisa S. (Valley Cottage,
NY)…..18
4/14 Barbara B. ()…..1
4/14 Sue B. (Waynesville,
NC)…..10
4/15 Erin S.
(Wayland/Nantucket MA)…..15
4/15 Kelly McG. (Edison,
NJ)…..5
4/15 Larry R. (Westchester,
NY)…..41
4/16 Angela S. (Dallas,
TX)…..1
4/17 Cecily T. (New York,
NY)…..11
4/17 Vicky M. (Waynesville,
NC)…..39
4/17 Frank T. (Rocky Point,
NY)…..11
4/18 Steve Q. (Kauai,
HI)…...12
4/18 Brad G. (St. Louis,
MO)…..19
4/19 Joanna J. (Port St.
Lucie, FL)…..39
4/19 Rex R. (Eureka, CA)…..6
4/21 Tom Mc. (Leesburg,
FL)…..50
4/21 Elizabeth W. (The Main
Line, PA)…..14
4/22 Becky S. (Knoxville,
TN)…..10
4/22 Jack C. (Conroe, TX)…..1
4/23 Dorothy V. (Placida,
FL)…..16
4/23 Steve W. (Syracuse,
NY/Indialantic, FL)…..15
4/24 Larry C. (Davenport,
FL)…..30
4/24 Sam F. (New York City)…..2
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4/24 Fran D. (Randolph, NJ)…..45
4/25 Mark S. (Port Crane,
NY)…..5
4/26 Grainne F. (Dublin/Chaing
Mai, Thailand)…..10
4/27 Norma D. (Haverhill,
MA).....9
4/27 Julie T. (Morristown,
NJ)…..7
4/27 Kathy C. (Princeton, NJ)…..12
4/28 Brian C. (Davenport,
FL)…..22
4/28 Bobby S. (South Boston,
MA)…..18
4/29 Paul C. ()…..44
4/30 Sandra M. (Airdrie,
Scotland)…..31
1290 Total
Years of Sobriety
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12&12
Step Nine - "Made direct amends to such people wherever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
Much the same approach will apply at the office or factory. We shall at once think of a few people who know all about our drinking, and who have been most affected by it. But even in these cases, we may need to use a little more discretion than we did with the family. We may not want to say anything for several weeks, or longer. First we will wish to be reasonably certain that we are on the A.A. beam. Then we are ready to go to these people, to tell them what A.A. is, and what we are trying to do. Against this background we can freely admit the damage we have done and make our apologies. We can pay, or promise to pay, whatever obligations, financial or otherwise, we owe. The generous response of most people to such quiet sincerity will often astonish us. Even our severest and most justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial. p. 84 |
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A.A. Thought For The
Day
All alcoholics have personality problems. They drink to escape from life, to counteract feelings of loneliness or inferiority, or because of some emotional conflict within them, so that they cannot adjust themselves to life. Alcoholics cannot stop drinking unless they find a way to solve their personality problems. That's why going on the wagon doesn't solve anything. That's why taking the pledge usually doesn't work. Was my personality problem ever solved by going on the wagon or taking the pledge? Meditation For The Day God irradiates your life with the warmth of His spirit. You must open up like a flower to this divine irradiation. Loosen your hold on earth, its cares, and its worries. Unclasp your hold on material things, relax your grip, and the tide of peace and serenity will flow in. Relinquish every material thing and receive it back again from God. Do not hold on to earth's treasures so firmly that your hands are too occupied to clasp God's hands as He holds them out to you in love. Prayer For The Day I pray that I may be open to receive God's blessing. I pray that I may be willing to relinquish my hold on material things and receive them back from God. |
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Daily Thought
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(\ ~~~ /) ( \(AA)/ ) (_ /AA\ _) /AA\ ^*^*^*^*^ Illusion "Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 30 Thought to Consider . . . "Many alcoholics are enthusiasts. They run to extremes. *~*AACRONYMS*~* D E N I A L Don't Even Notice I Am Lying |
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Daily Reflection
A LIFETIME PROCESS
We were having trouble
with personal relationships, we
couldn't control our
emotional natures, we were a prey to
misery and depression, we
couldn't make a living, we had a
feeling of uselessness, we
were full of fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't seem
to be of real help to other
people. . . .
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p.
52
These words remind me that
I have more problems than
alcohol, that alcohol is
only a symptom of a more pervasive
disease. When I stopped
drinking I began a lifetime process
of recovery from unruly
emotions, painful relationships, and
unmanageable situations.
This process is too much for most
of us without help from a
Higher Power and our friends in
the Fellowship. When I
began working the Steps of the A.A.
program, many of these
tangled threads unraveled but, little
by little, the most broken
places of my life straightened out.
One day at a time, almost
imperceptibly, I healed. Like a
thermostat being turned
down, my fears diminished. I began
to experience moments of
contentment. My emotions
became less volatile. I am
now once again a part of the
human family.
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Pot Luck
Humanity's
future depends on what humanity thinks about itself. It depends on what
humanity thinks about God, and about Life. The more you know about how to
destroy yourself, the more you need to know about how to save yourself. It is
time now to expand your base of knowledge of God and of Life, to grow in your
understandings, to increase your awareness and to enlarge your consciousness…Tomorrow's
God pages 18, 21
My
life has shown me that. More than once I have undergone an experience that I
thought, at the time, was the worst thing that could ever happen to me…only
to realize, after the passage of time, that it was one of the best things
that ever happened to me; that if it had not happened, the good things that
were happening to me now could not be happening!
It
was my attitude. It was all about the energy that I had historically put out.
It was the way I thought about it. I thought that I was an uncommonly lucky
person and so I was. I thought that things always work out, and so they did.
I
had been using a system. Inadvertently. Unknowingly. But effectively. It
turns out that the way you think has an enormous effect, perhaps even a disproportionate
effect, on the way you live. Very early in my life, I was told that there are
three Tools of Creation…Thought, Word, and Action.
The
use of these tools throws our focus on what it is that we choose from what
Deepak Chopra calls "the field of infinite possibilities." How you
experience your life depends on how you look at it. If you look at it as a
constant stream of difficulties and challenges, messes and problems, it will
show up that way. If, on the other hand, you see it as a continuing flow of
good fortune, one good thing after another, that is what you will encounter.
In
life, it really is a case of "what you see is what you get." Even
when so-called "bad" things have happened to me, I always had a
sense that everything would ultimately work out. And work out, I might add,
in my favor.
Trust
GOOD GOD…trust life…trust the process…and don’t forget to live…Stay safe…be
well!
LOVE…above all things,
Patti
Locascio
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